Cost-effectiveness of transabdominal ultrasound for cervical length screening for preterm birth prevention

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 209, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 546.e1-546.e6

  Miller, Emily S ^a   Grobman, William A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical length; preterm birth; screening; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE;

EID: 84888645771     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2013.08.013     Document Type: Article

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